Commemorative ceremonies for 64 naval officers and soldiers who laid down their lives in Gac Ma battle on March 14, 1988 were held in HCMC, Da Nang City and Quang Binh Province.

A commemorative ceremony for 64 martyrs who died in a battle to protect Gac Ma Island, part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, in 1988, was held in the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on March 13.